Fall of Singapore: Britain's Worst Military Defeat?
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The Japanese Adapted to the Thing
I don't lee s any doubt ottat ther japanese equipment was beter if you look at the aircraft, they had more than i mean. I not only had the bair doubled them, but we had obsolete aircraft out there as well, and not enough of, any good ones to make any real difference. So in a sense, we were out fought and out foxed by the japanese. And that, i think, was was remarkable in so many e ways. The strategic doctrine for the allies was not fit for purpose. It wasn'tfit to fight a jungle war in the way that the Japans caught it. We didn't do that to
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